Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez is to "bomb" clouds after Cuba provided cloud-seeding help in an effort to produce rain and alleviate the effects of a severe drought. Venezuela's reservoirs are at their lowest levels in decades and water restrictions are in place. The lack of water in hydroelectric dams that supply electricity may worsen blackouts, which have already become a political liability. "We're bombing clouds," Chávez said on television. Cuban specialists had arrived with equipment sent by Fidel Castro and Cuban president Raúl Castro that was being mounted on planes.